On January 10, a delegation from the International Assembly of cities headed by Yuri Nikolaevich Mishcheryakov, first Vice-President of the International Assembly of cities, visited the “ALZHIR” museum and memorial complex. The guests were given a tour of the halls of the museum "Alash", “ALZHIR” and the documentary film “The Fierce cold of ALZHIR” was shown. In the museum's book of reviews, Yuri Nikolaevich noted that what our people suffered during the years of mass political repression would never happen again.

On February 27 the “ALZHIR” museum and memorial complex was visited by members of the European Parliament. The guests were given a tour of the halls of the "Alash", “ALZHIR” museums and the documentary film “The Fierce cold of “ALZHIR” was shown.